Senior Software Engineer - TLV

Traild Pty; United States; Remote; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Traild is launching an AI-first team to build foundational platform capabilities and real AI-powered products. This founding engineering role in our Tel Aviv office offers ownership from day one, shaping Traild’s next-gen backend platform and customer-facing products.

You’ll design and build scalable backend services, work across APIs, data, and infrastructure, and ship products that impact global transactions and fraud protection with an AI-driven approach.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional software engineering experience, with a strong backend focus.
• BSc in Computer Science or equivalent hands-on experience
• A builder’s mindset, with experience taking products from idea to production
• Comfort working across the stack when needed, from APIs and workflows to infrastructure
• Production experience with Python (AI / data-heavy systems) and Go (high-performance services)
• An AI-first approach, with a natural instinct for where automation and AI create leverage
• A high bar for quality and a willingness to challenge yourself and the team
• Clear communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively in small, senior teams

Responsibilities

• Own features end to end - take ideas from early concept through production. You won’t just write code, you’ll ship real products, iterate quickly, and see the impact of your work with customers.
• Think beyond the task - Take initiative, understand the broader context, and help drive product and technical decisions. This is not a ticket-driven role.
• Build AI-powered systems- Use AI where it meaningfully improves product quality, development velocity, or user experience, both in what we ship and how we build.
• Backend-focused, full-stack mindset- Your core focus will be backend systems, but you’re comfortable working across APIs, data, infrastructure, and DevOps when needed.
• Design for scale - Build backend services that are reliable, maintainable, and designed to grow with the platform.

Skills

Backend experience

Python

Go

AI/ML mindset

System design

Team collaboration

Education

BSc in Computer Science

Tools

GCP

Job description

Traild: Who are we?

Traild is a high-growth SaaS company transforming how finance teams manage Accounts Payable; automating and protecting the entire process from invoice capture through approval, and payment.

Every year, billions of dollars are lost to payment errors and fraud. Traild exists to solve this, without slowing businesses down.

With rapid customer growth, global expansion across APAC, North America and EMEA, and continued investment in product innovation, we are at a defining stage of our journey.

This is an opportunity to help shape the next category leader in finance automation and security - solving real financial risk at scale and building technology that protects meaningful volumes of global transactions.

If you’re excited by high growth, real ownership, and building something that matters, Traild is the place to do the most impactful work of your career.

Hear how Traild customers speak about us here.

About the role:

We’re launching a new AI team at Traild to build AI-first products and foundational platform capabilities from the ground up.This is a founding engineering role in our Tel Aviv office, with ownership and influence from day one.

You’ll design and build foundational systems that power the next generation of Traild’s platform, working on high-impact, customer-facing products and helping set the technical bar for the team.

What you’ll do:

• Own features end to end - take ideas from early concept through production. You won’t just write code, you’ll ship real products, iterate quickly, and see the impact of your work with customers.

• Think beyond the task - Take initiative, understand the broader context, and help drive product and technical decisions. This is not a ticket-driven role.

• Build AI-powered systems- Use AI where it meaningfully improves product quality, development velocity, or user experience, both in what we ship and how we build.

• Backend-focused, full-stack mindset- Your core focus will be backend systems, but you’re comfortable working across APIs, data, infrastructure, and DevOps when needed.

• Design for scale - Build backend services that are reliable, maintainable, and designed to grow with the platform.

What you will bring:

• 7+ years of professional software engineering experience, with a strong backend focus

• BSc in Computer Science or equivalent hands-on experience

• A builder’s mindset, with experience taking products from idea to production

• Comfort working across the stack when needed, from APIs and workflows to infrastructure

• Production experience with Python (AI / data-heavy systems) and Go (high-performance services)

• An AI-first approach, with a natural instinct for where automation and AI create leverage

• A high bar for quality and a willingness to challenge yourself and the team

• Clear communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively in small, senior teams

Bonus Points:

• Deep experience on GCP (Vertex AI, BigQuery, Cloud Run, etc.)

• Built LLM-powered products beyond simple chatbots — agents, workflows, or autonomous systems

• Background in fintech, payments, or other high-stakes, complex domains

Perks of Working at Traild

• Founding team opportunity: be among the first team members shaping Traild’s Tel Aviv hub.

• Remote-first flexibility: choose remote, hybrid, or a setup that works best for you.

• A team that genuinely loves working here: we scored an 85 on our recent 2025 eNPS survey